Open ckrate



1. EASTERLY.

Grate.

No. 2,627. Patented May 16, I842.-

JAMES EASTERLY, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

OPEN GBATE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 2,627, dated May 16, 1842.

To all whom 2'6 may concern Be itknown that I, JAS. EASTERLY, of thecity of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, havemade certain Improvements in the Manner of Constructing the Bodies ofGrates for Open Fireplaces; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full and exact description thereof.

My improvement consists in the manner in which 1 construct the ends, orsides, of the projecting portion of the grate, which part, as they areusually constructed, consists of a continuation of the front bars curvedround, and left open laterally. In my plan, the ends of the grateconsist of a continuous double plate of metal, which may project out atright angles from the j ambs to the distance required for the depth ofthe fire chamber. The front grate bars in my grate, extend along in astraight line from one of these projecting sides to the other, but theymay be curved, if preferred. These side, or end, plates I make double,so as to allow of a flue of air between them. The outermost of thesedouble plates may then be covered with a suitable coat of varnish, orother bla-cking, which will be protected from injury by the fire by thenonconducting property of the stratum of air between the two plates; thejambs of the fireplace and the wood work in their vicinity, will also bethereby effectually preserved from injury by the heat.

In the accompanying drawing A, A, A, are the jambs of a fire-place whichmay be constructed either of cast or of sheet iron, and do not differfrom others which have been long known and used.

B, B, are the sides of the )rojecting part of the grate, which rise atrig ht angles from the jams A, A. The innermost of the two platescompo-sing each of the sides may be roughly finished, and receive theends of the front grate bars, which are to be riveted through them.These inner, or rough, end plates are to be covered by an exterior plateshown in Fig. 2, which may be attached to the interior plate by a screw,or otherwise. This exterior plate may be made ornamental in any of themodes adopted for ornamenting plates of cast or of sheet iron; they maybe perforated with ornamental open work, if desired. There is to be aspace of a fourth of an inch, more or less, between the two plates. Iusually attach the grate tothe jambs by means of hooks upon the inneredges of the end plates 13, B, which are received into suitablemortises, or slots,

in the jamb plates, thus admitting of the ready removal and replacing ofthe grate, in a manner known to makers of that article.

Besides the advantage, above named, of preventing injury to the varnish,or blacking, of the jambs, and to the wood-work in their vicinity, theashes and coal are prevented from falling out laterally, and the draftis greatly improved by causing the whole of the air to pass through thefuel, in front of, and under the fire.

Having thus, fully described the nature of my improvement in thosegrates which project out from the jambs in open fireplaces, what I claimtherein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The making the projecting ends, or sides, of the bod} of such grates ofplates of metal by which the said ends are closed, and air is admittedat the front of, and under, the fire only, in the manner, and for thepurpose, herein set forth.

JAMES EASTERLY. lVitnesses:

HENRY PHILLIPS, WM. (Lisa

